Literature Skills - From Atlas

Sending a link for MLA formatting, new 2009 rules per our World Literature meeting. I'm sending this to everyone in both departments since world lit and history does not have a separate email.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
World Literature I Skills:

• Using blogging website
• Email
• Interpret and understand Greek Tragedy
• See the importance of cultural context of reading
• Recognize Character Development in a pla

World Literature II Skills:
· Short story writing
· Grammar
· Literary devices
· Writing drama
· Presenting drama
· Vocalizing understanding and supporting concepts
· Charcterization
· Literary devices
· Critical thinking
· Identify how authors develop characters, plots, and themes in novels
· Verbalize and support concepts identified
· Compose an essay using two major works for evidence and support
· Persuasive essay writing
· Voice
· Editing
· Identify Literary devices in reading material
· Develop skills in selecting important data
· Uses of paraphrasing and summarizing information
· Developing persuasive writing based on a quotation
· Collaborative work on a "competitive" team
· Use of email
· Website Understanding
· Turn-it-in
· Power point
· Printing
· Basic Essay
· Comparison and Contrast Essay
· Creative Writing
· Interpret and understand Greek Tragedy
· See the importance of cultural context of reading
· Recognize Character Development in a play
· Essay defending choice
· Understanding of literary devices of Shakespeare
· Recognizing significant detail in literature
· Applying details to support arguments (claims)
· Research and defense of argument